Scleria micrococca (Liebm.) Steud.

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1965. The Botany of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 12 (3): 1-285.

  • Family

    Cyperaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Scleria micrococca (Liebm.) Steud.

  • Type

    Type locality. Nicaragua.

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. Wet fields, Mexico and Cuba to Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil. VENEZUELA. Amazonas: Sacariaco, Steyermark 58490. Bolivar: (Jran Sabana, between Divina Pastora and Santa Elena, S of Roraima, Steyermark 59297; Auyan-tepui, Tate 1198. Guarico: Estacion Biologica de Los Llanos, Calabozo, Blydenstein 281.

  • Discussion

    Hypoporum micrococcum Liebm. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. V. 2: 256. 1850. "Samlet i torre Savaner ved Segovia i Nicaragua af Mag. 0rsted i Januar.'' Hypoporum purpurascens Liebm. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. V. 2: 256. 1850; not Nees, Linnaea 9: 303. 1834. "Voxer i torre Savaner ved Mirador i Potrero de Consoquitla, blomstrendei October; Hgeledes i Dep. Oajaca ved Talea i August" (Ørsted). Scleria liebmanni Steud. Syn. PI. Cyp. 179. 1855. Based on Hypoporum purpurascens Liebm. Hypoporum verticillatum Nees, Bonplandia 3: 87. 1855; not Nees, Linnaea 9: 303. 1834. Scleria tenella Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 249, in part. 1866; not Kunth, Enum. PL 2: 353. 1837. Scleria luzulaeformis Wright; Sauv. Anal. Acad. Cienc. Habana 8: 156. 1871. " E n sabana cerca de San Juan de Buena Vista, jurisdiccion de Bayamo." (Wright 3418 pp.). Scleria costaricensis Boeck. Alg. Bot. Zeitschr. 2: 157. 1896. "Entre Terraba et Boruca, Costa Rica" (Tonduz 4634).

  • Distribution

    Distribution. Wet fields, Mexico and Cuba to Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil.

    Venezuela South America|